JOIN IN SENDING THE MESSAGE OF
	EQUAL PARENTS' WEEK
	Tie Purple Ribbons Sept. 22, 2003 - Sept. 28, 2003!

	Sponsored by
	CHILDREN'S RIGHTS COUNCIL

	INTERNATIONAL CANDLELIGHT VIGILS
	"A Moment in our Hearts, A Moment of Solidarity"
	September 25, 2003 at 7:30 pm

As an international event, people are joining in "A Moment in our Hearts,  A Moment of Solidarity," by holding candlelight vigils throughout the world on Thursday, September 25, 2003 at 7:30 p.m.

The Children's Rights Council would like to invite you to participate in Equal Parents' Week by wearing and tying purple ribbons anywhere they can be seen in public (outside your home, etc.) and participating in a candlelight vigil.  Please know that every purple ribbon and candlelight vigil helps send a powerful message.

As International Sponsor, the Children's Rights Council invites participation in Equal Parents' Week from people throughout the world who believe that "The Best Parent Is Both Parents" to create a movement that will unite the voices of people around the world to raise public awareness and achieve legislative reform to address family law issues that affect parents, children and family members everywhere.  Equal Parents' Week is a civil rights and human rights movement which advocates that the right of both parents to function as a parent, the right of children to be raised and nurtured by both parents, and the right of families to exist and function as a family, are rights inherent and inalienable to all families.  The request for equal parent status is a mandate for the time it takes to love, nurture, and teach our children our values the only way we can...a mandate for the ability to be a parent...and a mandate for justice.

PLEASE COME AND ATTEND OUR CANDLELIGHT VIGIL!

	WHEN:	Thursday, September 25, 2003 at 7:30 p.m.

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***** BRING A CANDLE & WEAR YOUR PURPLE RIBBON! *****